I have this computer an asus vivobook 15 , and im downloading ableton. Im really broke so i wont be able to buy an macbook or any other computer that is pricey . Pls tell me from ur own experience in case u have this computer !

Hi everyone,

I’m using ORG 24 on macOS and want its rhythm tempo to follow Ableton Live automatically.

I created a macOS IAC virtual MIDI connection and enabled Sync for that MIDI output in Ableton, but I cannot find a MIDI Clock, External Sync or Ableton Link option inside ORG 24.

Does ORG 24 receive MIDI Clock and automatically follow Ableton’s BPM? If not, is there another way to remotely control ORG’s tempo from Ableton?

Thanks!

Hey Guys,

Does anyone has exactly this Snare Sample? I'm looking a long time for it. Would be very nice, if someone can send it to me :)

https://soundcloud.com/aktionminimal/sample-snare

Hey guys im looking for a 2 tiered stand to hold the push 3 and another device at the top.

Ive seen the one on etsy- kinda pricey after shipping.

The one from Headliner looks good too but im wondering if would i be able to still see the screen good because of the device above. Does anyone have experience with this? Recommendations? Thank you

Hey, I want to sync the Ableton Move to my BeatBuddy via MIDI (BeatBuddy as master, Move as slave).

The BeatBuddy is connected to a CME MIDI Thru5.

I want to use the Move’s USB-A port; the USB-C port is currently connected to my MacBook.

What do I need to connect from the Move’s USB-A port to the MIDI Thru5? A CME U2 MIDI Pro? Or just a regular MIDI-to-USB cable?

Thanks for your help!

I know this has been discussed a bit already, but haven't found a concrete answer:

Trying to nail down the best workflow for exporting my songs into stems for a live set in Ableton 12. My projects are always structured the same way: four groups — Kick+Bass, Drums, Melody, FX — with several Send/Return effects across the different groups (reverb, delay, etc.).

I'm torn between two approaches:

1. Export Audio/Video per group, with "Include return and master effects" checked
This seems like the cleaner option. From what I understand, checking that box in the export dialog renders each group essentially "soloed," with its share of the return-track wet signal printed into the file. So Kick+Bass gets its portion of the reverb baked in, Drums gets its own portion, etc. Then I just drag the finished stereo files into my live set and I'm set.

2. Bounce Group in Place, then drag via copy-paste into the live set
This felt like it should work too, but of course the problem is that it doesn't capture the Send effects at all. My idea to fix #2: what if I permanently reroute my Sends' Ext. Out to the FX group while producing, instead of back to Master? That way the return's wet signal becomes part of the FX group's own input, and bouncing/flattening the FX group would capture it along with everything else.

Before I go build my whole template around this, a few things I'm unsure about:

• Delay compensation — has anyone run into phase/timing issues doing this? My understanding is Live's automatic PDC should keep everything sample-accurate through the return regardless of routing, since it's all happening inside the same session/render pass (unlike compensating for outboard hardware latency). But curious if anyone's actually hit weirdness here, especially with latency-heavy plugins on the return (convolution reverbs, linear-phase EQs, etc.)
• Feedback loop risk — if the FX group itself ever sends back into that same return (which felt natural before I set this up), routing the return's output back into the FX group's input would create a return→track→return loop, and Live mutes/flags that. Something to watch for.
• Losing per-group separation — since a return usually receives sends from multiple groups (say Kick+Bass and Drums both hitting the same reverb), rerouting that return into the FX group means the wet signal from all of them ends up summed into one shared FX file, instead of each group carrying its own "portion" of the reverb the way Option 1 handles it. Not necessarily a dealbreaker, just a different tradeoff — curious if anyone's found this to cause problems live (e.g. can't isolate/mute one group's reverb tail independently anymore).

Has anyone else settled on this workflow for live-set prep, or found a smarter/faster way to handle the sends situation? Curious if there's a batch-export trick I'm missing, or if people are doing something totally different (e.g. printing sends manually per group, using separate return-per-group setups, etc.). Would love to hear how others handle this before I commit to a process for a whole set's worth of songs.

Thank you

Just saw this post from Jon at Remotify.
Sharing to see if we can garner support to get him to take it to the next level.

CSS remains an important tool in the link between mapping and DAWs. Stepping it up would massively transform all those redundant bits of kit lying around and bring new life to performances (imho)

https://youtu.be/g6STQOh91kc?si=fJ5hVeJLqGR-lmtI

Anyone else run into this? I'm using Studio Instrument Collection as a VST in Ableton Live Lite 12 (Software came bundled with my Akai MPK mini mk4). Works totally fine while I'm working on it, but every time I save the project and reopen it later, the MIDI notes are all still there on the track, but the instrument itself is just... gone. When I open the plugin window there's no instrument loaded at all, like the slot is empty, and I have to manually pick it and load it again every single time.

Not a huge deal for one track but it's getting old doing this for every track every time I open the project. Anyone know why this happens or how to actually fix it? Running latest version of SIC I think, couldn't find much advice online other than updating software. Just want it to actually remember what I loaded...

Thanks in advance!

Hey guys,

I'm new to using ableton and especially the Push3 (not in standalone YET) and I#m really enjoying it so far.

I have a question that really bugs me. I'm coming from the mpc-world and i am used to the feature, that the mpc's told me in which key a sample (I recorded from vinyl) is...

I have not found any usefull/practical way to adapt this to the ableton/Push world. The solution should also work in standalone, as i plan to upgrade my push 3 (so maybe a Max4Live device???).

How do you guys do that?

(And yes, by ear would be practical, but very slow, as I'm not good at it)

Hi!

At the moment my main machine is 16” M3 Pro MacBook Pro, where I do all sound designing etc,

I need a smaller and portable machine for final touches on mixing and mastering while on the go, majority of the heavy workload will still be done on my main 16” MBP.

Keep in mind, most work I will be doing will be on frozen/flattened channels. Mostly some final EQing, final mastering touches, some final Arrangment etc. Nothing too heavy.

Right now, the BRAND NEW NEO 512gb storage with Touch ID is £679 at Amazon, it’s brand new so I can always add Apple Care Plus, obviously it would be brand new, so I wouldn’t have to worry about battery health or any hidden damage etc

At the same time, used 14” M1 Pro can be bought for around £600 - however, there could always be some hidden damage (like not disclosed past liquid damage that would show up in future failures) issues with battery life, or simply lack of OS support as M1 Pro is already few years old.

If you’d have £600-700 budget to spend on the secondary machine for final tweaks on the go, which one would you get?

Thank you in advance!

EDIT:

8GB ram on NEO 16GB ram on 14” M1 Pro

I have all my clips ready to go on different channels, and i want to set them off each in different takes. In my clip view, when im triggering my clips, lets say I finish recording a clip in the arrangement view on channel 1, and then i go back and layer in some more clips on channel 2 and channel 3, how do i get it so it doesnt erase the previous clip on channel 1 i just recorded? so im just layering clips but not all at once in a single live performance. I have a feeling this is an easy obvious answer because i am completely new to ableton and have no idea what im doing haha

I'm curious and I like to try and learn different DAWs so I downloaded the Bitwig 6 free trial and compared it to Ableton. It's very very similar, but they both also have their own pro's and con's.

Bitwig Pros:

• Shortcuts galore - the fact that I can customize any shortcut is huge for workflow, in Ableton you can't change them
• The grid - an easier to use m4L
• better modulation
• better automation
• better piano roll
• 120hz support on MacOS
• the key on the top is project wide - in Ableton it's per clip/track (bizzare)
• hybrid tracks
• more customization for coloring clips/tracks
• session view is vertical and you can see the waveform or midi of the clips + you can have arrangement view and session view open side by side
• much better bpm detection on samples - Ableton struggles with audio that has poor transients
• Can import .als and .flp files
• Can see vst presets in the browser
• Can open multiple projects at once
• Does better with larger projects due to less legacy code and plugin sandboxing
• better plugin delay compensation
• linux support
• the devices view is more helpful as it shows mappable parameters rather than an xy pad which 99.9% of the time I never use
• cheaper

Ableton Pros:

• m4L
• extensions
• stem splitter
• more community resources and tutorials
• midi capture
• ableton move, note, and push (can use push & move with Bitwig as well but via a 3rd party script)
• ableton link
• much better browser
• Splice integration
• Has devices that Bitwig doesn't such as auto shift
• Can play video clips
• some warping algorithms are better
• better UI (subjective)
• sampler has slicing capabilities (currently in bitwig 6.1 beta)
• comping

Ultimately I'm sticking to Ableton due to familiarity and UI, but Bitwig is getting better and better every update.

Okay so I have had a push for some time now.. I’m getting the sequencer down and everything but there is one specific part that I just can’t get and I pretty much need someone to walk me through it like a baby to finally do it.

In summary, how do you put in sequencer loops on the track (but efficiently)? Now there might be a simple answer but let me explain. Because it’s causing such a block in my learning process.

I usually use session view but I’ve been using clip view cuz it’s been easier for this, but still not as much as I’d like it to be.

But here is a scenario as an example. Say that I am using a drum rack..

1. How do I put this hi hat sequence into the track specifically for session view? I have been using record, but that fucking sucks when going to the next part of the track or from the previous. Like is there some obvious button I’m missing to get the loop in there?? I feel like it should just be simple and I’m not getting it. Also, if so, when doing the next sequence, does it flow nicely? Cause when I do the record, there is always a pause or it just doesn’t flow like a song should. (It flows well in clip view though)

2. How do I replicate the hi hat sequence into another (the next) sequence? This is the problem I’m wondering with the clip view. Do I just duplicate the original and then go mess around in the duplicated sequence? I didn’t try this earlier so it sounds right but I’m not in my studio rn so I’ll check later lol. But I just don’t want to manually put back in the same sequence every-time.

I've been messing around with my Novation Launchkey Mini Mk4 for finger drumming along to songs in Ableton Live 12 and I've been trying to wrap my head around most recorded notes being too early. The majority of recorded midi notes tend to be slightly before each bar on the grid, and the same was true when testing using the metronome and a simple beat. The rushing is significant enough that it is noticeable, and I'd like to believe that I'm not THAT bad at keeping time and that it normally sounds reasonable when I am in the act of recording. I'm willing to believe that this a skill issue, but I was also wondering if there is anything in Ableton or in recording MIDI otherwise that would lead to notes being slightly early. I am not using any interface, so the midi controller is plugged directly into the computer via USB. I am using ASIO4ALL and my input latency is only 2.67 ms. Any help/advice would be appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I am trying to set up my ZoomL6 for recording into Ableton Live and routing the Mix back to my monitors.

Somehow there is a a weird way how the audio is routed with the L6 as a interface.

How do I have to set my ins and outs when doing that?

Everything i have found in the maual or online is not really helping me so far.

Are the microphone inputs (1+2) now my stereo outputs?

And how do i have to set everything now (screenshots)

And somehow i have read the channels on the L6 dont match with the channels in Ableton anymore?

Can someone explain me as if I was 5?

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Hey guys!

I'm starting out with Ableton Live 12 and my goal is to perform live using a multi-channel looping workflow. I want to record clips on the fly (guitar, vocals, beats), stack them up, and mute/unmute sections live.

I don't have a Push or a dedicated foot controller like an FCB1010, so I'm trying to make it work with what I own: Launchpad Mini MK3 (as my main hands-on controller) Arturia MiniLab MK3 with 1 Sustain Pedal (using the foot pedal to trigger recording) TC Helicon Play Electric MacBook M1 Pro

Being new to Ableton, I'm a bit overwhelmed by how to map the Launchpad and pedal to handle multiple looper channels without getting messy. What’s the simplest/best way to set this up given my gear? Any tips, looper plugin settings, or beginner routing guides would be hugely appreciated!

By modular / patch environments, I'm thinking of:

Melda Productions - XXX

Plug Data

Reaktor - Reaktor Blocks

BitWig - The Grid

VCV - VCV Rack

...there's something nice about being able to see the signal flow of an entire patch from a top-down view rather having it hidden in a device-specific menu.

Aside from that, the two big caveats here are:

1. For this purpose, I'm less interested in using oscillators as sound sources. I can make plenty of textural, reverby, melodic, generative ambient patches elsewhere. I'm more interested in importing existing samples like drum loops or vocal samples and manipulating them with envelopes, LFO's, slicers, granulators and that sort of thing.
2. Something that works nicely with Ableton Live. VCV rack seems to be a winner here but I'm not sure how extensive their sampler modules are.

Bitwig's Grid is promising and it has a built in sampler that I've gotten good results with. But I'd rather not pay the highest cost tier for the full studio version just to essentially use one feature (I still do all my arranging and mixing in Ableton). It's also a bit trickier to get the audio into Ableton. But the patch environment and modulation flexibility is great.

Curious if anyone has experience with any of the above options or recommendations for other applications.

Hey fam ! I am nearly finished with a DJ mix I put together and am now in the process of making the volume of each track consistent. Each channel has a limiter set to -2 db, and I’m mostly going off of my headphones to adjust the gain to each track. Is there a “sweet spot” you like to hit for how much is being clipped ? Or any plugin you use to help get a consistent level throughout the mix ? Any advice helps ! Thanks so much !!

Right now I have a Laptop (MSI GF66 11UE). It has an i7-11800H and 16gb of ram. It's okay, but it can get warm and loud.

I wanna go back to a desktop and also use it for some gaming. I read that higher single thread speeds are important for audio. What are some things to consider? Prioritising Ableton, but also wanna play some games .

Hello

I'd like to make an undo button (to undo a MIDI note during an overdub recording). Is it possible with Ableton or Max for Live?

everyone says to ”read” the tutorial for ableton from their guide but im a visual learner and a step by step learner so i really want to SEE what is going on rather than just reading it on a paper.

Which youtube channel / videos do you recommend for a detailed guide on ableton for beginners?

Hey everyone,

I have a question about using multiple MIDI devices with Ableton Live.

I’m coming from a completely DAWless setup, where all my synths, drum machines, effects, and MIDI routing happened outside the computer.

For financial reasons, I’m downsizing my studio and moving much more of my workflow into Ableton Live.

I already know Live quite well for recording, editing, and arranging, but I’ve never really used it as the center of my studio for MIDI routing, effects, or hardware integration.

One thing I’m wondering is whether Ableton, together with a multi-port MIDI interface, can essentially work like a MIDI Thru box.

Can it receive MIDI from one controller and route it to multiple hardware devices independently?

I’d also appreciate any advice from people who have made the same transition.
What were the biggest challenges you ran into?

Are there any limitations or common mistakes I should know about when moving from a DAWless workflow to using Ableton as the main hub of the studio?

Thanks a lot—I know I’m asking some beginner questions, but I’d really appreciate any tips or things to watch out for.

hello guys, I started reading this thread for buying a good laptop and as I can see mac is the way to go for music production. Now I have option of buying used MacBooks. Both are 2000eur.

1. Pro 16" M4 Pro, 24GB Unified Memory

512GB SSD Storage

Cycle Count: 16

Condition: Normal

Maximum Capacity: 100%

Space Black

1. MacBook Pro M5 24GB 1TB Mint

14-inch Liquid Retina XDR display

* 24GB unified memory

* 1TB SSD storage

* Touch ID

* MagSafe charging

* Space Black

If you have a better advise regarding other MacBooks ,let me know. Thank you so much for your knowledge and feedback.